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What Matters To Me: A Workbook for Peope with Serious Illness is a workbook that helps people with serious illness be equipped to talk to their healthcare providers about what is most important to them. It is not a guide specific to assisting with medical decisions, but rather a self-reflective exercise in developing health goals and preferences. This guide is also designed for caregivers to help someone with a serious illness through useful conversations with healthcare teams. The workbook is available in English, Spanish (Español) and Chinese (中国人)

About the organization: Ariadne Labs is a joint center for health systems innovation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Their mission is to improve technical processes of health care delivery, while also focus on aligning the purpose of care between patients and their clinicians. This resource is also designed in conjuction with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and The Conversation Project. 

Keywords: serious illness communication, communication, healthcare professionals, interprofessional healthcare, multilingual, Spanish, Chinese